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My name is Danny. I’m 18 and I’m from Hewlett out in Long Island. Beforei came here, i had many worries about how to commute, how hard the work would be, and even if I could make friends. These were only a few of my concerns and now that I’ve been here for two months, I see that it is a big transition from High School. The work load is about the same but time management is different. The atmosphere is more open and less restricting and as a result, unlike high school, there is a chance that you might end up start fooling around or roaming the street with a friend. Besides a little problems here and there, college is a new experience something you could get used to. The freedom, the new teachers, and the people one meets is different than high school and in some ways, its good.

I thought college was supposed to be a place where you are given the opportunity to learn and figure out what one wants to do in the future. Well for me, again it turns for the worse. Not only did I have a bunch of problems early on in the semester, now the registrars are telling me to take a lower level english class to meet my requirements. 1) Its bullshit them telling me to take 2100 when THEY had placed me in 2850. This was the reason why I went through all the hassle in the beginning of the semester! 2) It prevented me from registering for a couple of the required classes…. 3) Showed me what an irresponsible staff Baruch has. I am pretty sure I am not the only one whos had this much trouble here at Baruch. During freshman orientation, two others were complaining about how the Baruch staff weren’t helpful at all. Back then I wondered to myself why but now I see the reality. Baruch has been a disaster and I can’t wait to get out.

On the other hand, my first semester at Baruch wasn’t too bad, grade-wise. I could have been a little more studious and managed my time better. Having my old habits of cramming last day really hurt me. It will definitely be a lesson to me for the short future.

If I could do something differently my first semester here at Baruch would have been to get to the root of all my problems from the start. One problem led to another and now, I’m in deep shit. Putting such little importance on this problem not only ruined my second semester, but also put me in a lot of stress.

From Baruch, I learned to only count on myself and not anyone else: not the teacher, not other students and definitely not the unprofessional staff. I will just say that if I had learned anything at Baruch is that college really sucks and screws up ones future’s plans if transcripts either gets lost or never put through, like me. Baruch has not only put me in a hell-hole, but now gave me the picture that all cheap schools are bad. “You get what you pay for.” Here I paid $600 compared to $20,000, and now im taking 2 classes in the second semester.

My name is Danny Shin. I come from a small town called North Woodmere out in long island. I like to play sports, hangout and party. In high school, I played baseball, bowling, and volleyball.

My three concerns transitioning from high school to college at Baruch would be managing my time, getting distracted with social events, and getting use to larger classes. I have to manage my own time well because teachers aren’t going to baby you anymore and so its my responsibility to get work in on time. Also since my closest friends go to school at NYU and Pace, we will hang out a lot and so I might make a wrong choice and hang out when i need to study for a test. Lastly, since I was always in smaller classes, I feel a little left out in the larger classes.

Here at Baruch College, everything is more self motivated. Like I stated before, no teacher is going to baby you and to me, is the biggest difference between college and high school.

I think the first year of college will change me to be a more organized and independent.